Sign for wire fences



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-T. FERGUSON & G- A. PFEIPPER.

V SIGN FOR WIRE FENCES.

No. 580,682. Patented Apr. 13, 1897.

Witnesses.

Attorney.

NITED STATES PAT NT OFFICE.

SIGN FOR WIRE'FENCES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 580,682, dated April13, 1897.

Application filed time 27,1896. Serial No. 597,144.. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, THOMAS FERGUSON and GUsTAvUs ADOLPHUS PFEIFFER,citizens of the United States, and residents of Parkersburg, in thecounty of Butler and State of Iowa, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Signs for Wire Fences 5 and we do declare the followingto be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such aswill enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make anduse the same, referenoe being had to the accompanying drawings, and toletters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of thisspecification.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a front elevation showing application ofinvention. Fig. 2 is a sectional view of the sign through the eyelets.Fig. 3 is a perspective view of one of the strips or ribbons, and Fig.4is a modified form of strip or ribbon.

This invention is designed to provide means of novel and conspicuouscharacter for advertising, and more particularly for providing means forattaching advertising-signs to the wires of wire fences which adjoinpublic roads and railways; and it consists in the novel construction andcombination of parts, all as hereinafter described, and pointed out inthe appended claim.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, the letter A designates thehorizontal wires of an ordinary wire fence.

B designates an advertising sign, which may be of wood, metal,cardboard, or other material, upon which the advertising matter can bedisplayed. At each corner portion of the sign is punched a smallperforation b, and if the sign is of cardboard these perforations shouldhave eyelets c inserted therein, as shown in Fig. 2. Passed through thetwo perforations or eyelets at each end or edge of the sign is abail-shaped wire, or it may be a metal strip or ribbon 0, whose endportions are intended to be twisted tightly around the adjoiningfence-wire A above or below the sign. Where the ribbon or wire 0 passesthrough the perforations or eyelets c, it is preferably bent, asindicated at d, in order that when it is turned up into the plane of thesign for attachment to the fence-wires a torsion or twist is given thetransverse arm whereby it takes a bearing against the face of the signand holds it under tension. Being held in this manner by the wire orribbon G at each end the sign is prevented when suspended between twoadjacent fence-wires from swinging and swaying to the action of thewind, which might tear it loose and might also result in the frighteningof horses and other animals driven along the road adjacent to which thesigns are suspended.

These signs can be readily put in place and form a conspicuous means ofadvertising.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

The combination with an advertising-sign, having a perforation at eachcorner portion, of bail-shaped wires or the like passed through the saidperforations with their transverse arms bearing against the face of thesign, said arms being bent where they pass through the said perforationsto impart a torsion or twist thereto when the bail-shaped wires aresecured in the plane of the sign, substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof we affix our signatures in presence of twowitnesses.

THOMAS FERGUSON. c. A. PFEIFFER.

Witnesses:

G. W. CLARK, L. L. FARNUM.

